Most of you probably saw me complaining on twitter about how warm it was Wednesday and Thursday. It was! I mean. I can't remember the last time i could wear a dress in JANUARY! Goodness. Florida is weird.

Anyway. Here is a little Re-cap of the weekend :)

Doctors Appointment

Found out I had tendinitis in my foot at my Dr.Appt. I was told to avoid wearing "flats". Um. Does the Dr. not know that is all I wear? Uh oh. :P

Chick-Fil-a yummyness with momma

Gym run with best friend :) Who BTW puts up with my complaining AT the gym by making me do more reps. Thanks.

Finished the "Mercy Fall" trilogy. Great books. Will have to write more about them later :)

In an increasingly unstable culture, being obsessed with
what others think is an escalating struggle among teens and young adults,
leading to more serious consequences than ever before. Although everyone—whether
they’re sixteen or sixty—works hard to win someone’s approval or ward off
someone’s rejection, these issues plague teenagers and young adults with
particular intensity. And how teens and young adults answer the big questions
of their lives now will affect the direction of their adult lives for better or
worse. In his new book, What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?:
Answers to the Big Questions of Life (New Growth Press, October 2011),
Edward T. Welch extends hope to those weary of hiding behind a mask of
performance in order to gain love and acceptance.

Why do you care? Why do we all
care? These are questions that can’t be answered without listening to God, the
One who made us and knows us better than we know ourselves.In What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?Welch takes the big questions of life and shows that freedom from
what people think of us comes as we learn who God is and who we are in
relationship to Him. Only then will we be able to let go of our masks, stop
trying to fill our leaky love cups and begin to live for something bigger than
ourselves.

An interactive book, What Do You Think of Me? Why Do
I Care? includes questions throughout the text for individual or group
study and is especially aimed at teenagers and young adults. A corresponding
website rich with controversy and dialogue, My-Big-Life-Question.com, will also offer readers a place to discuss personal needs
as well as to find other resources for life’s journey and places to go for
help.

“I want to draw people to the path of
becoming truly human, where you are controlled by God more than other people
and where you love others more than you need them to love you,” says Welch.
“The result? Genuine loving relationships and the ability to make a lasting impact
on the world around us. It’s a hard process, but it’s wonderful and the results
are worth it.”

Author
Bio: Edward
T. Welch, M.Div., Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and faculty member at the
Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He has counseled for
over twenty-five years and is the best-selling author of many books, including When People Are Big and God Is Small; Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave; Blame It on the Brain?; Depression: A Stubborn Darkness; Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from
Addiction; Running Scared: Fear,
Worry and the God of Rest;and When I Am Afraid: A Step-by-Step Guide Away
from Fear and Anxiety. He and his wife Sheri have two daughters, two
sons-in-law and four grandchildren.

Poor thing, I just picked it up one day and his lens made a very terrible sound.

So, now Nikon is lens-less. And I am stuck with Itouch and his fun but low quality camera.OH Nikon how I wish I could fix you little lens, but yet, it will cost me an arm and a leg so you must wait dear little one, just wait :)

(1) The Civil Wars - I KNOW, I'm super slow and am just NOW getting on The Civil Wars bandwagon. And I agree. They are amazing :) Below is one of my favorites :)

(2) My Colored Pen - I love this pen from Bic. I'm a very visual person so multicolored notes for school makes studying SO much more fun for me :)
As you can tell, simple things like pens, make me happy ;)

(4) The newEST hunger games still - I mean COME ON! How amazing is it! Peeta is just so freaking adorable and handsome and Katniss is just beautiful! I seriously can't not wait for the movie. March 2nd will mark a year since I became hooked on those amazing books. Seemes fitting since the movie is coming out weeks after that :)

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BTW you might wanna check out Laurens post about this photo. I was LOL with laughter :)

Thanks for putting up with me being MIA this week/weekend)
I had such a nice trip and I of course remembered to take some photos for you all :)

Started the day off with a funny text from a friend.

On the way to the airport.

Dreamed about Ireland on the plane. One day :)

Regan International is a beautiful airport (but thats coming from a person that's only been in 2)

Driving past the amazing DC monuments at night is breath taking :)

All preped and ready the next morning for the wedding!

The wedding was BEAUTIFUL. My friend looks amazing and its still hard to believe she's married!!

I realized I miss the Maryland landscape. Hills, farms, more hills :) So beautiful :)

Found my "little" (more like big) footprints/hand-prints at the grandparents.

On the way back to the airport - Washington Monument in clean view.

Enjoying a little coffee before the flight. Yum Yum!

I love that feeling of being above the clouds. Nothing like it :)

The trip was short but great. It was great to catch up with family and friends in my home state :)Now I'm back to the old school grind.. fun stuff! So please excuse me as I try to get back into the swing of school/blogging/work :)

Elizabeth: After what you’ve done for Lydia, and I suspect Jane, it is I who should be making amends.

Mr. Darcy: You must know, surely you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. You spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I’ve scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I would have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.

Elizabeth: Well, then. Your hands are cold.

Can't wait to see your friday favorites!

Let me know in the comments below if you posted your "Friday Favorites":)